קְדֵמוֹת
Qᵉdêmôwth · ked-ay-mothe'
Kedemoth, a place in eastern Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6923 (קָדַם); beginnings;
Kedemoth, a place in eastern Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Kedemoth.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the doorway, the way in › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the doorway, the way in of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קְדֵמוֹת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- kedemoth2 · 50%
- of kedemoth1 · 25%
- and kedemoth1 · 25%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.